# Botticelli -- May 2026

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 4, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772 "2026-05-04T02:47:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 15

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/281 "2026-05-21T18:17:59Z")

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Born after 1970?

3DQs reserved

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/282 "2026-05-21T18:22:08Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Did you write to/write in “Kitty”?  
> 2. Were you Matilda Gage’s son-in-law?  
> 3. Were you Violet, Doralee, and Judy’s boss at Consolidated Companies?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take 3 DQs.

1 was Anne Frank; 2 was L. Frank Baum; 3 was Franklin Hart, in _9 to 5_.

DQ: won Daytime Emmy for acting?

Two DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/283 "2026-05-21T19:09:22Z")

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**DQs:**

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Dead
5. American
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the arts
8. Died after 1988
9. Known for the performing arts
10. Known for acting
11. Not usually considered a beauty.
12. Not best known for movie roles
13. Winner of a Daytime Emmy
14. Died after 2007
15. Not known for soaps
16. Not known for talk shows
17. Died after 2016
18. Greatest fame before 2000
19. Born before 1970
20. Won Daytime Emmy for voice acting

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/284 "2026-05-21T19:57:22Z")

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DQ: Did you voice Rocky the Flying Squirrel?

1 DQ reserved

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/285 "2026-05-21T19:59:32Z")

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Known for children’s programming?

2 DQs reserved

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/286 "2026-05-21T20:51:27Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> DQ: Did you voice Rocky the Flying Squirrel?
> 
> 1 DQ reserved

And now here’s something you’ll really like!

Yes, I am the very talented

# JUNE FORAY!!

Well done, **knoodler**!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/287 "2026-05-22T05:52:59Z")

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Thanks **Prof**! When I read “voice acting” June popped into my head. Before then I was totally stumped.

The next letter:

# T

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/288 "2026-05-22T18:33:34Z")

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IQs:

1. Was Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog your pet?
2. Were you Arte Johnson’s dirty old man character on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_?
3. Did you drive the Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/289 "2026-05-22T18:57:16Z")

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Congrats, Knoodler!

IQs:  
1. Did the buck stop at your desk?  
2. Did you play Latrine in _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_?  
3. Were you one of Ms. Frizzle’s students?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/290 "2026-05-22T19:48:09Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Was Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog your pet?
> 2. Were you Arte Johnson’s dirty old man character on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_?
> 3. Did you drive the Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper?

I know #3 has to do with Wacky Races but I can’t make the connection. Take 3 DQs

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did the buck stop at your desk?
> 2. Did you play Latrine in _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_?
> 3. Were you one of Ms. Frizzle’s students?

I am not Harry Truman  
I am not… Mark Blankfield? Take a DQ  
Take another DQ

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/291 "2026-05-22T19:50:09Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a hermaphrodite from Beta Colony as well as a officer in the Dendarii Mercenaries?
2. Did you once con a bunch of your friends into whitewashing a fence?
3. Are you the well-known pen name of the author of the above tale (Q2)?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/292 "2026-05-22T19:51:55Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > 1. Was Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog your pet?
> > 2. Were you Arte Johnson’s dirty old man character on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_?
> > 3. Did you drive the Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper?
> 
> I know #3 has to do with Wacky Races but I can’t make the connection. Take 3 DQs

1 was Tom Terrific.  
2 was Tyrone F. Horneigh.  
3 was Tom Slick, a Jay Ward cartoon.

DQs

1. Real?
2. Male?
3. Last name starts with T?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/293 "2026-05-22T19:53:14Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:  
> 1. Did the buck stop at your desk?  
> 2. Did you play Latrine in _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_?  
> 3. Were you one of Ms. Frizzle’s students?

> [@knoodler](#):
>
> I am not Harry Truman  
> I am not… Mark Blankfield? Take a DQ  
> Take another DQ

2 was Tracey Ullman; 3 was Tim.

Two DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/294 "2026-05-22T20:15:01Z")

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> [@Eureka](#):
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> - Are you a hermaphrodite from Beta Colony as well as a officer in the Dendarii Mercenaries?
> - Did you once con a bunch of your friends into whitewashing a fence?
> - Are you the well-known pen name of the author of the above tale (Q2)?

Take a DQ  
I am not Tom Sawyer  
I am not Mark Twain

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/295 "2026-05-22T20:15:58Z")

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# T

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Only name starts with T

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/296 "2026-05-22T20:39:11Z")

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1. was Bel Thorne from the Vorkosigan Saga.

Correct on 2 and 3

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/297 "2026-05-22T20:56:35Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the Good Witch of the North in the Oz books?
2. Is a moon of Uranus named after you?
3. Are you a cat who is the title character in a 1960’s Disney movie?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/298 "2026-05-22T22:22:14Z")

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IQs:  
1. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”?  
2. Did you go _ticktickticktick_…  
3. Were you on the PMRC?

DQs:  
1. created after 1900?  
2. main character?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/299 "2026-05-22T23:17:05Z")

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IQs

1. Are you a very scary doll that told people “you better like me”?
2. Are you the main character of the _Arrows of the Queen_ trilogy?
3. Did you marry Prince Naveen in a Disney movie?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/300 "2026-05-23T01:45:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you the Good Witch of the North in the Oz books?
> 2. Is a moon of Uranus named after you?
> 3. Are you a cat who is the title character in a 1960’s Disney movie?

Take a DQ  
I am not Titan  
I am not Thomasina

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”?
> 2. Did you go _ticktickticktick_…
> 3. Were you on the PMRC?

I am not Ty Cobb  
Take 2 DQs

> [@kitap](#):
>
> IQs
> 
> 1. Are you a very scary doll that told people “you better like me”?
> 2. Are you the main character of the _Arrows of the Queen_ trilogy?
> 3. Did you marry Prince Naveen in a Disney movie?

Take 3 DQs

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